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Saturday, September 21, 2013

Gunmen storm Kenyan shopping mall, at least 25 people killed

Gunmen stormed a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya this
afternoon Saturday September 21 killing at least 25
people in what could possibly be a terrorist attack. An
eyewitness claimed the gunmen told Muslims to stand
up and leave the mall and that only non-Muslims
would be targeted. By the time they finished shooting
indiscriminately, at least 25 were dead and at least 50
people injured.
One survivor said and that the attackers started from
the Westage mall ground floor and made their way to
the top. He said they had grenades and AK-47 rifles
and he saw at least five of them. Local TV stations
reported that the gunmen took hostages as soldiers
and local policemen surrounded the mall. Another
survivor said he was shot at by a man who looked like
a Somali.
The Somali militant group al Shabaab had previously
threatened to attack hotels, nightclubs and the
Westgate mall, which is one of the biggest malls in the
city, popular with the city's expatriate and
foreigners...but there's no official confirmation for now
that the group is behind this attack.
Security guards were seen wheeling out bloodstained
bodies in shopping trolleys as soldiers continue to
comb the mall looking for the gunmen. Kenyan Red
Cross said at least 25 have been killed and more
casualties were still inside the complex.

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